A major increase in CLT protected lands - Coastside Land Trust

Acquisitions 2011 ■ Michael Kimsey, CLT Vice President
Protecting the lands of the San Mateo County Coast
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2011 Annual Report
A major increase in CLT protected lands
aided by the San Mateo County Tax Default process
Thank you all, both cash and land donors,
for a major increase in Coastside Land Trust (CLT)
protected lands for 2011. The number of CLT ocean
blufftop parcels grew from 46 to 102. Including
24 easements, CLT now has 1035 acres under
management along the San Mateo County coast,
ranging from Tunitas Creek to El Granada.
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CLT purchased 26 of the new parcels through the San
Mateo County Tax Default process. 57 of our donors
contributed $125,000 to allow the purchase of all the
parcels that were available on the ocean blufftops of Half
Moon Bay. If these donors had not helped us, the County
would have auctioned the lots for private ownership.
Private landowners donated 30 of the new parcels because
of letters sent to ocean blufftop landowners several times a
year. CLT has developed a consistent response from generous
families who prefer to see their land protected as
permanent open space, rather than used for private
development.
There are two reasons this success in acquiring all of these
areas is so important. First, families bike, walk, and run
along the ocean blufftops. However, even with our great
success, much land remains privately owned. CLT can
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Director’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Interns Help Grow CLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Report from Stewardship Committee . . . . . . . 6-7
2011 Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Wish List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2011 Statement of Financial Position . . . . . . . . . 9
Thanks to our Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
How You Can Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Program of Events— 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

... with a positive turn.
from the executive director from the president
A Dramatic Start…
2011 was a challenging and rewarding year for
the Coastside Land Trust (CLT).
The year started with heartbreaking damage by off-road
vehicles at Wavecrest. CLT coordinated with the Peninsula
Open Space Trust, San Mateo County Parks Department
and the City of Half Moon Bay to move quickly to repair
the damage. Good news followed the restoration work by
Go Native with continued rains that encouraged plant
growth and repair of soils. Today the land is restored and
once again in beautiful coastal prairie habitat.
The staff, interns, and volunteers have replaced the
exotic landscaping at our office on Main Street in Half
Moon Bay with native plants and bark cover. The change is
dramatic, and much easier and less expensive to maintain.
Volunteers provided the labor and enthusiasm for
collecting over two tons of trash from Pilarcitos Creek,
Wavecrest and the Railroad Right of Way. Trash found
included mattresses, large sections of cars, bicycles, concrete,
and even a kitchen sink. Cigarette butts continue to
be the largest in number, with over two thousand collected
at one event.
We opened our art gallery in September with the
support of photographer Beau Gill, who donated all of
the proceeds from the sale of his art to CLT, and Barbara
Miller, who provided the expertise and energy to create a
beautiful space for the display of artwork. Since the
opening, we have joined the Half Moon Bay South on
Main Arts (HMB SOMA) coalition to promote art in
Half Moon Bay. If you haven’t been by to see the beautiful
artwork, plan to do so soon.
The Coastside Children’s Program invited CLT to
present a series of outdoor education lessons, called
Junior Land Stewards. The lessons covered land stewardship,
water and soil, and plants and animals, with
students ranging in age from preschool to 5th grade.
About 700 volunteers and guests attended the bird
and wildflower workshops and walks and other events
last year. This doesn’t include the thousands we were able
to meet at the Pumpkin Festival, HMB Farmers Market
and New Leaf tabling for the Envirotokens program.
With the acquisition of several Surf Beach parcels, we
added dry-farmed hay and peas to the crops grown on
CLT lands.
All of the above would not have been possible without
our staff members: Office Manager Lindsey Peterson and
Stewardship Coordinator Deborah Meckler, a number of
dedicated and skilled interns, hundreds of capable
enthusiastic volunteers, and of course
you. With your continued support, the
coming year will bring even more land
under permanent protection for
open space, the land will be managed
carefully and we’ll all have the
opportunity to get out and enjoy
the beautiful coastside.
indian paintbrush
Jo Chamberlain,
Executive Director
Perfect timing is not always easily accomplished, but it
appears Coastside Land Trust has been able to do just that.
Due to depressed real estate prices, generous donations of
both property and dollars, plus a new
parcel tax in Half Moon Bay, CLT
has been able to acquire beautiful
bluff top properties at a rate which
exceeded our expectations.
The rains have finally arrived
and the bluff tops are absolutely
remarkable in their color,
wild life and general beauty. I
encourage all to partake in
exploring this unique treasure we
have been given on the coast.
Spring generates optimism and
the volunteers who help steward
our properties have certainly
added to the general excitement
within the organization. So many hours have been given to
clean up and help preserve our waterways, beaches and bluff
lands. It would be impossible to complete our mission
without the generous help of so many.
Please remember to visit us at our new offices and art gallery
at 788 Main Street in downtown Half Moon Bay. The art
gallery was opened with a grand ribbon cutting by the then
mayor, Naomi Patridge, and
other members of the city
council on September 9th.
The rains have finally
arrived and the bluff tops
are absolutely remarkable
in their color, wild life
and general beauty.
The gallery has added a new element to Main Street and
certainly has drawn additional attention to our efforts to
current residents and visitors alike. The art, of course,
represents our beautiful landscapes.
We continue to move forward in soliciting and acquiring
properties to remain open for all to enjoy. Please give us a
visit, or a call, and we can help get you involved on an active
level that fits your schedule.
Patrick Ryan, President
Lindsey Peterson welcomes visitors to the
Coastside Land Trust’s new Art Gallery.
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Protected Lands ■
protect more of the land for the public’s use as CLT acquires
more parcels. Second, Bay Area and migratory species of
2011 Wavecrest Acquisition
2011 Surf Beach Acquisition
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Hawks and Owls use these blufftop parcels as their primary
winter feeding ground. Without the ability to winter in
these areas, many of these beautiful
Raptor species could disappear from
this area of the San Mateo County
ocean blufftops.
Please come by the CLT office to
view the maps of the CLT acquisitions.
Call Jo Chamberlain, our
Executive Director, or Lindsey
Peterson, our Office Manager, at
650-726-5056 and they will be glad
for the opportunity to set a date
with you.
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Interns Help Grow CLT
■ Lindsey Peterson, Office Manager
2011 brought big changes to our intern program. We were
graced with six highly capable interns who dramatically
increased our work capacity and decreased our turnaround
time. These welcome additions to the CLT team were much
appreciated as our multitude of new properties required site
inspections, monitoring, cataloging and reporting. In
addition, our interns spent dozens of hours streamlining our
records and filing system, which has proved beneficial and
timesaving.
Our 2011 outreach programs saw a marked improvement as
well, with intern support in the planning, advertising and
implementation of our workshop events and clean-up days.
Workshops were so successful this year that we had to move
out of the beloved Train Depot location to larger venues
around the community. Also in 2011, Coastside Children’s
Programs invited us to lead environmental enrichment
classes with local schoolchildren, and we launched the
Intern Eric Rutledge and Mary
Mitchell replacing exotic plants with
natives at the CLT office.
Interns Behtany Bierdeman and
Paige Fennie with Lindsey at the
former model aircraft airport at
Wavecrest.
“Junior Land Steward” program, planned and implemented
by interns and volunteers. The program provided about 100
children an opportunity to experience the joys of open
space, and renewed our dedication to working towards its
preservation.
Thanks to the grueling efforts of our restoration volunteers,
cleanup days and work parties removed thousands of
cigarette butts and mountains of trash from our beautiful
open spaces. We really hope to find less rubbish next year,
but we will remain vigilant at our cleanups, armed with
gloves, loppers and you!
Finally, thank you to all of our compassionate volunteers
who ran our booth at the Pumpkin Festival, helped to set up
for events, pulled cape ivy, picked trash, and contributed
your thoughts, energy and time to the Coastside Land
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Interns Sarah Dicker and
Francesca Federico.
2011 Coastside Land Trust Interns
Interns Paige Fennie and Chris
Fajkos at work in CLT Office
Eric Rutledge of San Francisco State University
Paige Fennie of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bethany Bierdeman, graduate of Humboldt State University
Chris Fajkos of San Francisco State University
Sarah Dicker, graduate of University of California, Irvine
Francesca Federico, graduate of San Francisco State University
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Volunteers and interns have been the great asset of Coastside
Land Trust’s stewardship effort this past year. We have
acquired dozens of new properties that needed site inspections,
baseline inspections,
All our existing properties needed annual
inspections, reports, and fieldwork parties
to clean up trash, remove invasive plants,
photo-documentation and
all the associated reports
and paperwork. And all our
existing properties needed
annual inspections, reports,
and fieldwork parties to
clean up trash, remove
invasive plants, and obliterate
graffiti. (Turns out that a coat of local mud works wonders
to hide graffiti on tree trunks and fallen logs, and the applica-
Local Girl Scout Troop 61956 used a mudding technique to cover up graffiti on
fallen logs.
Report from Stewardship Advisory Committee
tion process is good fun into the bargain.) All this work was
only possible with the enthusiastic help of our field volunteers
and the sharp, tech-savvy help of our interns.
■ Deborah Meckler, Stewardship Coordinator
This year we instituted a
streamlining of our property
inspections by adopting a
“lumping” methodology. In
areas like Wavecrest that are
fairly similar throughout,
instead of creating a report for
each individual parcel, we used
GPS to set photo points that would provide visual coverage of
the whole area, and then monitored the area in one intensive
inspection, producing a single report. This was not only easier
than producing a few dozen reports, it also meant that
our report provided a better picture of the area as a
functioning whole —its plants, animals, soils, trails, and
usage.
This year in addition to our work parties and restoration
events at Wavecrest and on the Railroad Right-of-Way,
we participated as site captains for Coastal Cleanup Day
Many thanks to these hard-working volunteers who cleaned up the Wavecrest properties.
where, among other things, we documented the quantity of
cigarette butts collected in riparian areas. The nicotine in
cigarette butts makes them little poison pellets that can kill
small aquatic creatures when the butts wash into waterways.
Coastside Land Trust is actively supporting Half
Moon Bay’s “Hold Your Butt” campaign in the
hopes of keeping our waterways clean.
and obliterate graffiti. The nicotine
in cigarette butts
makes them little
poison pellets
that can kill
small aquatic creatures
when the butts wash
into waterways.
These lovely coastal lands provide us with stunning vistas,
recreational opportunities, and habitat for our fellow earth
creatures. We appreciate all your efforts to help us protect and
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Reudi Port and Mary Mitchell face a challenging clean up at Redondo.
Pampas Grass removal at Stone Pine in Half Moon Bay: Mary Mitchell, J C Shaver, Deborah Meckler,
Reudi Port and Eric Rutledge
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Asters - Lobitos Canyon
2011~Events
Photo Gallery
4th of July Parade
Raptor Walk at Wavecrest—
inspecting a raptor pellet.
Songbird Walk at Wavecrest
Former Mayor Naomi Patridge cuts the flower ribbon at the Grand Opening of our
photo gallery. Pictured left to right: Paige Fennie, Charise McHugh, President,
HMB Chamber of Commerce, Jo Chamberlain, Beau Gill, Naomi Patridge, HMB
City Council Member John Muller, Mayor Alan Alifano, Lindsey Peterson.
Raptor Walk at Wavecrest
Wildflower Walk along Railroad Right of Way
with Toni Corelli.
Coastside Land
Trust Wish List
(new or used)
We could use a few items to
make us more efficient and
better organized. If you have
any of these items tucked
away, or if you love to shop
freecycle…
loppers
CD player
clippers
display easels
binoculars
field guides
spotting scope
garbage tongs
1 & 5 gallon plant pots
office supplies
30 foot garden hose
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and enhancement of the open space environment including the natural,
scenic, recreational, cultural, historical, and agricultural resources of
Half Moon Bay and the San Mateo County coast for present
and future generations.
CoastsideLandTrust.org
info@coastsidelandtrust.org
650.726.5056
PO Box 3205
788 Main Street
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
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COASTSIDE LAND TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
DECEMBER 31, 2011
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 353,836
Merchandise inventory 1,178
Security and other deposits 1,380
Accounts Receivable 1,699
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 358,093
Property and equipment, net 693,333
TOTAL ASSETS 1,051,426
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 5,277
TOTAL LIABILITIES 5,277
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 329,812
Permanently restricted 688,234
Temporarily restricted 28,103
TOTAL NET ASSETS 1,046,149
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 1,051,426
Board of Directors
Patrick Ryan, President
Michael Kimsey, 1st Vice President
Robert Rogers, 2nd Vice President
Jack McCarthy, Secretary
Robert Buffin, Treasurer
John Dicker
David Maiero
Sara Polgar
Paul Reidl
Jo Chamberlain, Executive Director
Lindsey Peterson, Office Manager
Deborah Meckler, Stewardship
Coordinator
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Thanks to our Donors
1% For The Planet
Margaret Branick-Abilla
Martha and Michael Adler
Ingrid Ammondson and
James Kellenberger
Anchor Brewing Company
Marc Andreini Surfboards
Brian Austin
Diane and Hugh Bergin
Dimi and Lutz Berkner
Matthew Berman
Suzanne Black
James Blanchard and Theresa Sweeney
Nick and Susan Bloom
Merrill Bobele
Avis Boutell and Alice Miller
Branscomb Farms LLC
Karen Brasher
Vernon and Jan McFarland-Brown
Allan and Marilyn Brown
Brian and Marcia Buckwalters
Robert Buffin
Burke Land Use
Monica W. Buzbee
George and Joey Cattermole
Celtic Movers
Jo Chamberlain
John and LInda Chamberlain
Edwina Charles and Richard Taylor
Matthew R Clark
David and Lynn Conroy
Nancy and Jitze Couperus
Lola Sue Crawford and Craig Dauchy
David Crump and Anne-ly Crump-Garay
Damasco and Associates, LLP
Gary and Shari Deghi
Donald and Martha Deutsch
Dru Devlin and Donald Ayoob
John and Christine Dicker
Peter Drekmeier and Amy Adams
Earley and Earley, Inc.
Adam and Katie Eisen
Alan and Sally Ellsworth
Judi Beeson Engel
Claire Feder
Joyce Feldman
Nicole Fernandez
Stephan and Sofia Freer
Friends
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Virginia R. Furth
Marta Ann and Douglas Gardner
Major F. Gates
Paul and Connie Gerster
James and Mary Lynn Gibbons
Paul Godin
Dr. Chip and Linda Goldstein
Google
Law Office of Gradstein and Gorman
Alison and Michael Grant
Patricia Gray
Half Moon Bay Lodge
Diane and John Hale
Doug Hamilton
Elizabeth and Zerne Haning
Jim and Kathy Harvey
Mark Haynes and Sara Bassler
Barbara and Victor Henderson
Melanie Hills
Holding Hands for the Earth Foundation
Jean Hom and Major F. Gates
Shirley and Jim Holley
Jocelyn and Leonard Howard
IBM
Laurence and Sandra Jacobs
Jewish Community Federation of
San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin and Sonoma Counties
Stephen and Irene Johnson
Earle Jones
Lois Joseph
Juniper Networks Matching
Gifts Program
Steve and Karla Jurvetson
Dave and Barb Karlin
Terry and Penny Kastanis
Terry Keyes
Barbara Kimsey
Dana and Michael Kimsey
F. Alan Kneier
John Kolbisen
Melissa and Jim Lane
Jo Laster
Peter and Sue LaTourrette
Stuart Leeb
Jack and Ruth Lemein
Lincoln Financial Foundation,
Matching Gifts
Los Niños Nursery School
David R Maahs, DDS
Mary and Jack MacDonald
Marcia and David Maiero
Keith and Ann Mangold
Mariel Foundation
Jim Marsh
Peter and Natasha Martin
Robin Maslin and Gary Powell
Elna McAden-Hoffner
Deborah Meckler
Lenny and Christine Mendonca
Neil and Jennifer Merrilees
Andy Michael
Barbara Miller and Beau Gill
George and Luisa Miller
Mary Mitchell and Doug Brockmeyer
Ted Mitchell and Tanya Slesnick
Bette Moorman
Paul Nagengast
New Leaf Community Markets
Annette Amour-Newton
Tom and Anne Niesen
Kenneth Niven and Julie Jefry
Oracle
Kenneth Pearlman and Dana Baker
PG&E Corporation Campaign
for the Community
Julie D. Peterson
Lee R. Peterson
Matt Peterson
Pfizer Foundation Matching
Gifts Program
J. David Powell
Elaine and Bob Raisler
Joe and April Ramos
Pete and Margie Reding
Law Office of Paul W. Reidl
Lenore Roberts
Bob and Brenda Rogers
Linda Rowe and Dennis Kellett
Debbie Ruddock
Patrick and Sandra Ryan
Paul Sack
Kristine and Denis Salmon
Roy and Marina Salume
Sam’s Chowder House
SAP Matching Gift Program
Loretta and Dennis Schmitz
Terri Schoenrock and Randy Reece
Albert and Joel Schreck
Schwab Charitable Fund
Kathleen Scutchfield
Karl and Susan Schabinger
Julie and Paul Shankman
Chris and Madaline Shearer
Capt. Michael and Katherine Sherman
John Shimko
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Kathryn Slater-Carter
Larry Smith
Jules Sofer and Inge Hildebrand
Richard and Thanh Southern
Steven Tharp and Jeannine Crounse
Manabu and Wendy Tokunaga
Robert and Kathleen Tracey
United Way of the Bay Area
Irma Velasquez and Sherman Chan
Kitty S. Van Beckum
Madeleine and Mike Van der Heyden
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Program
John D. Von-Almen
VPEP Corp
Maurice Walcott
Gretchen Warner
Nina Weil
Nina Weil Philanthropic Fund
Edward and Rina Weingold
West Coast Aggregates, Inc.
Anne M. and Putney Westerfield
Joan Winters
Diana Winyard and Norman Kahn Jr.
Warren and Joanne Wolfeld
Julia and Tom Woosnam
Carla Yamanaka and Don Oates
Richard and Cheryl Zents
Tom Whiting
In Honor of
Dan McMillan and Jill Pavliscak
OJ and Gene Anna McMillan
Sara Polgar and Ayad Al-Shaikh
Leslie and Susan Polgar
Tom Whiting
Melissa and Jim Lane
In Memory of
Bob and Taylor
Dave and Krista Alexander
Candle, Panthor, Friskers
Edie and Bob Cook
Cordell Koland
Ellen Feighery Koland
Conservation Easement: Restricts certain uses of the
land in order to protect important resources. Landowner
maintains private property rights, while possibly realizing
significant federal tax benefits.
Donation of Land: Since CLT is a Land Trust, the full
market value of any land donated may be tax deductible.
Bargain Sale of Land: Sell your property to CLT for less
than its fair market value (FMV). This provides you with
cash, helps decrease capital gains tax, and can entitle you
to an income tax deduction based on the difference
between the land’s FMV and its sale price.
Stock and Real Estate Gifts: By donating appreciated
assets, you can make a lasting contribution, while receiving
tax deductions and savings.
Bequest: Make a planned gift naming CLT as a beneficiary
of your will or trust, or make CLT a beneficiary of
your IRA or life insurance policy.
Charitable Trust: By contributing your appreciated assets
to a Charitable Trust, you obtain a tax deduction as part
of the market value, no tax on any assets sold in the
Jessica M. Silva
Sara Polgar and Ayad Al-Shaikh
El Granada Property
Brian McNamara
Wavecrest Property
William Aeschbacher
Brooks Allen
Paula Edith Allen
William C. and Bonnie Alexander Allen
Emily Anderson
Sharon Casey
Mark Constantz
Mary Cooper
Teresa L. Cunningham
Dennis and Marilyn Devine
Michael and Sharon Devine
Patricia and William Frei
How You Can Help Preserve Open Space
Judith A. Fromm
H E Jackson Company
David and Jane Jackson
Roslynn Kho Mergillano
Carole H. Norton
Oleg and Ruth Obuhoff
Judith and Charles Peeler
Ann Cooper Phythian
Gerald Severdia
James Severdia
John Severdia
Elizabeth Star
George Anne and William R. Tenny
Helen and Les Tomminger
Barbara Ulrich
Sharon Ulrich
Stephen and Kathy Elane
Johnson Ulrich
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Charitable Trust (except to the extent the gain is withdrawn),
and receive all the income for the life of the trust.
At death, the remainder of the assets would pass to CLT.
Matching Gifts: Many companies will double (and
sometimes triple) the value of their employees’ gifts. To
see if your company participates, contact your Human
Resources Department.
Tax Deductible Donation: Write a check.
Special Memorial or Honorary Gift: We’ll send a card
to the recipient you designate (check with your employer
for matching funds).
Vehicle Donation: It’s easy—we have a contract with
Charitable Auto Resources. They do everything, pick up
the vehicle and handle the paperwork. You can do it
through our website.
Volunteer: Last year our dedicated volunteers donated
hundreds of hours helping at events, assembling mailings
and poppy seed packets, carrying our banner in local
parades, and cleaning and restoring our lands.
Another simple way to help preserve open space: Take your own bag into New Leaf Community
Market and they will give you a token at the cash register. You can then drop the token into a container
near the front door to make a donation to any of several local non-profits—including Coastside Land Trust. We’d like
to thank New Leaf Community Markets for caring about the environment and supporting the Coastside Land Trust.
The Coastside Land Trust is dedicated to the preservation, protection and enhancement of the open space
environment including the natural, scenic, recreational, cultural, historical, and agricultural resources of
Half Moon Bay and the San Mateo County coast for present and future generations.
The Coastside Land Trust is a 501 (c)(3) organization, 94-3290067.
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Coastside Land Trust
Schedule of Activities and Events 2012
All events will be publicized in local newspapers, with flyers
and posters about town, banners at event locations as well as
on our website, coastsidelandtrust.org. You can request
notification of events by going to our website and giving us
your e-mail/snail mail address. See you out there!
May 26, 2012—Songbird Workshop & Walk
Workshop 1–2:30
Sea Crest School, 901 Arnold Way, HMB
Wavecrest Walk 3–5 pm
Meet at Smith Field, end of Wavecrest Road, HMB
July 4, 2012—Gallery Art Show Opening
October 13/14, 2012—Pumpkin Festival,
Cookie Booth and new Gallery Art Show
Show your support for open space on the
San Mateo County coast— get your
Coastside Land Trust Ts,
hats, and more at our
CafePress store.
CafePress.com/CLT
PO Box 3205
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
CoastsideLandTrust.org
Railroad Right of Way work crew.
We now do restoration workdays twice a
month, on the first Saturday and the third
Wednesday, 10 am–12 noon. Meet at the CLT
office, 788 Main St., Half Moon Bay.
Red-tailed Hawk taking
flight in Half Moon Bay.
Photo ■ Richard Pavek